If you want to raise an issue concerning the safeguarding of children or vulnerable adults then please in the first instance contact the Church Safeguarding Officer, Grace Waterhouse, via the Church office or ; or the Diocesan Safeguarding Officer on 020 7939 9423 (office hours), 07982 279713 (out of hours). If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority Children or Adults Services (see list of contact details below).
St Nicholas PCC has adopted the House of Bishops’ ‘Promoting a Safer Church; Safeguarding Policy Statement’: https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-12/PromotingSaferChurchWeb.pdf
St Nicholas has also adopted, and works within, the Diocesan Safeguarding Policy, ‘A Safe Church’, which can be found here: http://southwark.anglican.org/safeguarding/diocesan-policies-and-procedures
(This is derived from the Church of England’s Safeguarding policies: https://www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding/promoting-safer-church-safeguarding)
Diocesan Safeguarding Team contact numbers
Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser
Pamela Chisholm
Tel: 020 7939 9423 Mobile: 07982 279713 (for urgent matters out of hours)
Diocesan Safeguarding Team out of hours emergency number 020 3874 6743.
For Safeguarding matters during office hours, use 020 7939 9423
Assistant Diocesan Safeguarding Advisers
Marie Daly
Tel: 020 7939 9441 Mobile: 07946 255295
Louise Vernon
Tel: 020 7939 9462 Mobile: 07946 255622
In an emergency, please ring 999.
NSPCC Child Protection Helpline
0808 800 5000 (lines free and open 24 hours). Phone if you are worried about a child.
Childline
0800 1111 (lines free and open 24 hours). Phone if you are a child or young person and are worried about anything.
National Domestic Violence Helpline
0808 2000 247 (lines free and open 24 hours). Phone if you are experiencing domestic abuse.
Samaritans Helpline
116 123 (open 24 hours). Phone if you feel you are struggling to cope and need someone to talk to.
Action on Elder Abuse Helpline
080 8808 8141 (freephone Monday to Friday 9—5pm)
Wandsworth Child Safeguarding
via Wandsworth Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
2nd Floor Town Hall Extension
Wandsworth High Street
London
SW18 2PU
Telephone: 020 8871 6622
Email:
Outside of normal office hours (after 5pm weekdays or on weekends): 020 8871 6000
